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Which beers sold as foreign are brewed in Britain, and what to buy instead

British beer brands: who owns them, and where each is brewed

30 beers on this site are sold as British. 30are brewed in the United Kingdom. Who owns the brand is a separate question from who brews the beer, and for many of these the answer is a group headquartered somewhere else.

Compared side by side: Carling vs Carlsberg.

Brewed in Britain 30

Adnams Ghost Ship
Southwold · 4.1% · sold as English
Banks's Amber Bitter
Burton upon Trent · 3.4% · sold as British
Bass
Burton upon Trent · 3.4% · sold as British
Honest British
Black Sheep Best Bitter
Masham · 3.8% · sold as English
Boddingtons Draught Bitter
Samlesbury · 3.4% · sold as British
Honest British
Carling Black Label Premium Lager
Burton upon Trent · 4.7% · sold as British
Honest British
Carling Original Lager
Burton upon Trent · 4.0% · sold as British
Honest British
Fuller's Frontier
Chiswick · 4.5% · sold as British
Honest British
Fuller's London Pride
Chiswick · 4.7% · sold as British
Honest British
Greene King Abbot Ale
Bury St Edmunds · 5.0% · sold as English
Greene King IPA
Bury St Edmunds · 3.4% · sold as English
Hobgoblin Ruby
Burton upon Trent · 4.5% · sold as British
Honest British
John Smith's Extra Smooth
Tadcaster · 3.6% · sold as British
Honest British
Korev
St Austell · 4.8% · sold as British
Honest British
Maltsmiths IPA and Pilsner
Dunbar · 4.6% · sold as British
Honest British
Marston's Pedigree
Burton upon Trent · 4.5% · sold as British
Honest British
Newcastle Brown Ale
Tadcaster · 4.7% · sold as British
Honest British
Ringwood Best Bitter
Brewed in Britain · sold as British
Sharp's Atlantic Pale Ale
Tadcaster · 4.5% · sold as British
Honest British
Sharp's Doom Bar Amber Ale
Rock · 4.3% · sold as British
Honest British
Sharp's Offshore Pilsner
Rock · 4.8% · sold as British
Shepherd Neame Spitfire
Faversham · 4.2% · sold as English
St Austell Proper Job
St Austell · 5.5% · sold as English
St Austell Tribute
St Austell · 4.2% · sold as English
Tennent's Lager
Glasgow · 4.0% · sold as Scottish
Honest British
Tetley's Smooth Flow
Burton upon Trent · 3.6% · sold as British
Honest British
Theakston Old Peculier
Masham · 5.6% · sold as English
Timothy Taylor's Landlord
Keighley · 4.1% · sold as English
Wainwright Gold
Burton upon Trent · 4.1% · sold as British
Honest British
Worthington's Creamflow
Burton upon Trent · 3.6% · sold as British
Honest British

Questions people ask

Where is Carling Black Label Premium Lager brewed?

The beer sold in the UK is brewed at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire by Molson Coors.

Where is Carling Original Lager brewed?

The beer sold in the UK is brewed at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire and Tadcaster, North Yorkshire by Molson Coors.

Where is John Smith's Extra Smooth brewed?

The beer sold in the UK is brewed at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire by Heineken UK.

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